JAMES L BUTCHER, retired farmer; P O Christianburg; born in Champaign Co (the part which now forms Clark county) May 20, 1813; is a son of Joseph and Letitia (Lowery) Butcher. She was born in Pennsylvania about 1764, and 1 twice married before she became Mrs. Butcher. Joseph Butcher was born in about 1783, and came to Ohio before his marriage in 1809. They were m Champaign Co., and settled in the neighborhood of Danielsville, where they the fall of 1816, when they moved near Addison. It then consisted of two : one dwelling and one schoolhouse, the style of which, and its school, will be the general history of the township. Here James spent his first school days.On coming to Addison, Joseph purchased 180 acres of land, which he sold in 1846 and bought 244 acres further east, a part of which James now owns, being the 84 which he made his home. They were the parents of three children-Sara and James L. Letitia Butcher departed this life Sept. 22, 1854, and Joseph years later. James L. began life for himself at the age of 22, but at the s lived with his father. On the 13th of December, 1835, he married Elizabeth Cayho. She was born in Virginia Jan. 10, 1813, and came to Ohio in 1832. To them nine children have been given; eight died in early life of lung disease. Joseph the  survivor, was born Oct. 11, 1839. In October, 1867, he married Mary Jane Helvie. She was born in October. 1842. James L. and wife are members of the ChristianChurch.